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Section 10-4-18 - Duty of district attorney on receipt of evidence.

10-4-18. [Duty of district attorney on receipt of evidence.]

Whenever sworn evidence is presented to the district attorney showing that any of the officers of the class provided for in this chapter are guilty of any of the matters herein mentioned as causes for removal, he must present the accusation to the court as provided in the next preceding section [10-4-17 NMSA 1978].